Quote#Wisdom
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to…
Quote byHenry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke · 1678–1751
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs (1891) by Adam Woolever.
English (original)
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.
— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
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